 | | Re: Quality issue - update —Thomas Main
| | | | (...) Well, perception is everything. It is a quality issue for people who build with Lego; it is not a quality issue for the Lego Company's Quality Assurance department. (...) I perceive this as a problem for a company making parts that supposedly (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Quality issue - update —Scott Arthur
| | | | | (...) That’s nothing. My “(URL) Lego Book>” (Foreword by KKK himself) tells me that in 1963 ABS allowed moulding precision to 0.005 mm (0.0002 inches). Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Quality issue - update —David Eaton
| | | | | (...) I've got yet another doc (not sure of the source-- was emailed to me as an Offical 'standard Lego FAQ' sorta thing) that reports: "The precision molds are made at two LEGO factories in Germany and Switzerland. They are precise to (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Quality issue - update —Scott Arthur
| | | | | | (...) I think you mean 0.005? (ie the same as the ULB above). Anyhow, the precision of molds may not be the same as moulding precision? Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Quality issue - update —David Eaton
| | | | | | | (...) Doh, typo. Yeah, as Calum also pointed out, that may indeed be another great source of confusion as to the parts vs. the molds. Makes me curious to know what level of precision MegaBloks, etc use for their molds. I haven't done too much with (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Quality issue - update —Calum Tsang
| | | | | (...) First, what ABS can allow moulding to is different than what the company targets. Precision costs money. Decrease the tolerance, and you increase the cost, because more rejects are made. Also, the mold tolerance is different than the part (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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